Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where do people in your community gather or socialize?
  - How and where does your community access services (healthcare, transportation, educational services, etc.)?

Examples of activities and services: Shopping areas, schools and universities, libraries, parks, lakes, rivers, places of worship, healthcare services, public transport, local nonprofit organizations, etc.

Your response: This two communities are 5 minutes away. They share the same language, religions and ethnicity. The community visits the same health center for health care. Supermarket where a lot of different poc communities shop This latino community has grown in the last 10 years. Chicopee has around 7% latino. people of color started to move to this community and becoming homeowners for the last 10 years.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What are the cultural bonds in your community?
  - If your community has a shared history, what is it?

Examples of cultural or historical interests: Religious groups, ethnic groups, languages, age groups, immigration status, historic or arts districts, etc.

Your response: Holyoke has the biggest latino community in Western Mass, Chicopee has a growing latino community in the area that borders with South Holyoke. The majority of the immigrants here are from the Caribbean and age approximately 30-45 years old. Many Catholic churches; lots of Latinx moving here and building communities; growing poc community in general; 4A has Latinx; Chicopee has a big Russian community; Chicopee Falls is mostly African American; middle/working class People in this areas are not political motivated. don't feel the need to engage in any race due to not be or feel represented. or feeling that no matter what they do it won't change things.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where are residents employed?
  - If there are environmental concerns in your community, what are they?

Examples of economic or environmental interests: Tourism industry, agricultural workers, mining town, manufacturing center, polluted natural resource, unemployment problem, etc.

Your response: There's a big Low income community that lives at public housing. The Latino working class from NYC and other State are moving and buying houses in this areas.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What should politicians and/or map drawers know about your community?
  - What are the needs of your community?
  - Is there anything else you want to tell us about your community?

Examples of needs or concerns: Keep community in the same district or separate into multiple districts, shared policy concerns, need for a social service, relationship to other nearby communities, issues with current district lines